AI-designed proteins improved targeted DNA insertion in cultured cells, with one variant doubling the performance of an ...

The ATR–ATRIP kinase complex safeguards genome integrity by coordinating cellular responses to DNA damage and replication stress. Two recent cryo-EM studies resolve the structural basis of ATR–ATRIP ...

The DNA from the world's oldest tortoise may hold the secret to human ageing, as scientists say the animal's super genes ...

A team of biochemists at the University of Minnesota (UMN) accidentally discovered that a single bacterial DNA repair gene ...

By Marta Serafinko Oct 7 (Reuters) - The world's oldest-known terrestrial animal, an Aldabra giant tortoise named Jonathan ...

The study pinpointed 287 unique gene variants that reduce the usual effects of aging in Jonathan, who hatched in 1832.

Mathematical modelling shows that elevated mutation rates and mutational biases, rather than altered selection, can explain ...

Scientists studying Jonathan the giant tortoise have identified genetic and epigenetic features that may help explain his ...

Zebrafish neural crest cells migrating through extremely confined embryonic tissues deform their nuclei dramatically yet ...

Texas A&M University engineers make groundbreaking discovery about the origins of life and establish a framework that improves research outcomes.

Are you waking up tired no matter how much you sleep? Does your brain feel foggy, your gut unsettled and your body bloated ...

Two new studies from Johns Hopkins University are providing scientists with an unprecedented view of how human cells repair one of the most dangerous forms of genetic damage: a break that severs both ...